MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte dared Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday to do vaccine shopping outside the country, adding that he will fund her purchases in case she manages to find and buy some vials.

Duterte’s latest rant on Robredo comes after the latter called for further reviews on Chinese government-donated vaccines made by Sinovac Biotech, which arrived on Sunday and was administered earlier, as it would be used for health workers and frontliners.

Robredo said in her Sunday radio program that Sinovac’s vaccine should undergo the right process to ensure that health workers are protected, especially as it has not secured any recommendation from the Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC).

“Ganito na lang, sabihin ko sa’yo uli kung marunong kang makinig: walang bakuna ngayon available either hingiin mo, nakawin mo, or bayaran mo.  Not only the Philippines, as stated by… earlier binigyan tayo ng worldwide situation ng vaccines… hirap rin sila,” Duterte said in his pre-recorde…

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Nag titiyaga ang mga Filipino sa Sinovac kasi ito ay libre bigay ng China bilang sample bakuna para maging katanggap-tangap ang mga susunod na milyong Sinovac na babayaran daw ni Du30….